Middletown, NJ – In an effort to be the change he wishes to see in the world, comedian John Stewart, after stepping down as host of “The Daily Show,” has started a sanctuary for abused factory farm animals called Bufflehead Farm.

Jon and wife Tracey announced on Saturday that they will become part of Farm Sanctuary’s network of animal safe havens at the annual Farm Sanctuary gala in New York City.

“We’re getting married! Farm Sanctuary and us, we’re getting married,” Tracey told star studded crowd of roughly 500. “We bought a farm in New Jersey with the intention of starting a farm sanctuary of our own with an educational center, but what I’m announcing tonight is that our farm is actually going to be the New Jersey branch of Farm Sanctuary. We’re going to build new advocates, new curious learners, and new leaders for this very important movement.”

Bufflehead Farm, located in Middletown, New Jersey, is a 12-acre non-profit animal rescue sanctuary owned by Jon and Tracey Stewart, which will soon become home to dozens of cows, pigs, sheep, turkeys and other animals rescued from factory farms.

Stewart has consistently been an animal welfare advocate on his show, once devoting a comedy segment to the foolishness of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s refusal to sign a bill that would end the lifelong confinement of pigs in crates too small for them to turn around.

Tracey Stewart is known for her advocacy on animal rights, recently publishing a book on the topic.

The project has long been a dream for Tracey Stewart, an animal advocate and former veterinary technician, who has tirelessly worked to promote a plant-based lifestyle, animal welfare issues, and support for organizations like Farm Sanctuary.

Her new book “Do Unto Animals” (currently the No. 1 bestseller in animal husbandry on Amazon) offers more than 300 pages of beautiful illustrations and promises to give readers “insights into the secret lives of animals and the kindest ways to live with and alongside them.”

“If everyone did a bit more, if they fell in love a little bit more, so much could happen,” Tracey Stewart told The New York Times. “It doesn’t have to be going vegan. You can advocate for them. You can show tenderness. You can play music for them. I really hope people can connect with animals the way most of us did as children.”

Jon Stewart, accompanied by his wife and two children, were honored at the awards ceremony held by Farm Sanctuary, an organization founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of factory farming and encourage a new awareness and understanding about farm animals.

“I’m a little uncomfortable. I’ve spent the last 20 years immersed in the world of Washington politics and the media landscape, so I don’t know how to deal necessarily with people who have empathy,” Stewart told the all-vegan banquet at The Plaza Hotel in New York.

The consistency of the Stewarts should be applauded. Rather than simply paying lip service to a cause, they are putting in the groundwork to support their espoused beliefs.

Similarly to how Morgan Freeman turned his estate into a bee sanctuary, Stewart has shown that celebrities have the ability to not only motivate others by raising awareness about issues, but to lay the actual foundation of real world change.

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Hi! Whoever is reading this, I understand how rough things are right now. I just want to let you know that things will get better, I promise. Keep holding on just a little bit longer. I know you feel like nobody really cares. You’re wrong, stop denying it. I care, otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this. You’re not alone, we may be miles away but we’re all going through the same things. Please keep holding on.

What is even more amazing, is where did he find a Mrs on the same wavelength?
Majority of others are far to busy drawing on eyebrows, hitting the sunbeds, doing squats, posing with a Michael Kors watch and a Starbucks cup on Instagram!

Maybe we should all just “go home” and be as kind to everyone and caring for those abused. Get simple, clean house, make sure your neighbors, family and friends have what they need and enjoy your kids.

That really cool. I still don’t like that America thinks he is a news anchor and not a comedian. I hope he stays out of politics too…we don’t need any more people pandering to the leftist freedom snatchers any more than we need any more right wing idiots trying to stomp out true liberty.

You have made a mistake, see the thing about me is that I’m not a leftist and I’m not right wing.

I’m not a statist at all and that gives me and my minion the edge and in turn as a freedom loving collective of individuals who love and respect each other and each other’s liberties (trust me there are TENS OF MILLIONS of is in the U.S.), we have an option that leftist pussies don’t. Hell even the right-wing dicks are smart enough to know what that option is and are willing to exercise it as individuals.

That edge is my ability to exercise the option of violence as a last resort.

And as violence is and always should be a last resort, the first resort is in the name of peace one should always explain how far one would go to preserve ones freedom.

When men like you don’t respect the axe, history has proven them to be one thing…GONE.

See what that means is in the end I WILL WIN…not because I have chosen the right side or the left side, it’s because I refuse to be enslaved by right-wing assholes like most of the republicans or left wing pussies like all of the democrats, it’s because when whoever it is that comes to enslave me knocks on my door and it opens, it will open and I along with all the flames in hell will pour down on my enemies.

Little statist bitches would sit down to piss if the government told them to. That kind of constitution could never manifest victory.

Go in peace brother and please reflect on the true meaning of freedom and liberty.

I agree he did better than the main stream media outlet that consider themselves legitimate news sources but he put a partisan spin on all his stories just like the MSM does. Nobody can report the news without telling you how they “feel” about it and trying to lead you down whatever moral road they want you to be on. It’s bullshit.

Nice, but it would be too much to ask to stand up against israhell as one of the rich jewish Stewart brothers. People like him could make a difference. Its typical for jews, all of a sudden they all are soooo concerned about animals as they know non-jews have a weak heart of animal-abuse

You can’t keep one cow year round on 12 acres of grass just for the record they eat more than that……..so is he gonna save one cow and subsidise with hay? Or multiple and overgraze the land,and keep them in cramped conditions similar to a feed lot? Seems the smart move for a man with that kinda money and the goal of rescuing large animals would have been to buy a ranch with thousands of acres like 20 sections plus that could actually sustain hundreds of animals all year round……… Just saying

My dream , I have wanted this my whole life . God bless you Jon and your family this is the best news I’ve heard in a long time . Way to go I love you all . This is great for your children your teaching them a lot of important lessons plus they will have a lot of love around them . I love all animals ❤️

farmers don’t abuse there animals they take good care of them that’s how they make money greedy corporations on the other hand they count on the numbers and have a acceptable death loss your average farmer can’t afford to lose any of his animals

He said that the sanctuary is his wife’s (Tracy Stewart) project…she’s in charge and he supports her and the project 100%. She just published a book as well. He wanted to make that clear in the interview that I saw.

Love John (of course!) but hope that someday will also pay attention to the 21,000 CHILDEN who die EVERY DAY of starvation or other nutritional deficits …as well as the $32 BILLION annual sex-trafficking industry that trades in mostly children. Certainly, I love animals and do not want to see them suffer … but am shocked at how much we spend on pets while so many children are tortured or go without basic needs.

As a comedian , he couldn’t make a Dead Man smile , same as the other idiots of today . Don’t know how they find work , other than ppl are taking so much Dope they’re laughing before they get to these shows .

Let’s say for one minute that Jon Stewart is really only doing it for the tax break, are these animals any less saved? But you’re right, no one should ever do any act of kindness unless it is 100% selfless, or else it doesn’t count.

You mean like fighting for the reinstatement of the zadroga act to help 9/11 first responders? Oh yeah he did that too. Just because you read an article stating one thing a person does doesn’t mean they aren’t doing anything else. On top of that, they started the farm sanctuary due to the fact Jon’s wife is Vegan and Jon himself is vegetarian.

Wow, no wonder America is in the shitter. I’m sorry he’s not curing cancer while running a rescuer shelter and housing homeless kids. Maybe once this is established, he might move on to start up another project in another area that desperately needs assistance, but it’s not my money, so it’s not my business! And for now, he’s concentrating on this one, and laying a solid foundation.

As for being a tax haven… really? Let’s say for one minute that Jon Stewart is really only doing it for the taxes, are these animals any less saved? But you’re right, no one should ever do any act of kindness unless it is 100% selfless, or else it doesn’t count.

A negative person will see a problem for every solution. Theres always gonna be something more important to do through the eyes of others. Jons doing his part in whats important to him. Im not going to knock him if whats important to me is different.

It is no harder to imagine than when I first heard he was going to do it.
On his show he tried to awaken, inform, and instill a sense of awakened informed empathy that sadly most of the world is lacking. He did it through comedy. Well thought out, well informed, thought provoking comedy…. Comedy was the perfect medium to reach as many as possible.
This was the natural next step.
G_d bless him.
We were ‘given’ this world. It was all created before ‘us’. We are supposed to take care of G_d’s creation….. It’s not to late to wake up and protect this most precious of gifts…. The world and all that shares it.

I will respect that some write it out. I will expect others to learn to respect that not all beliefs sets are the same, and that some do not write the name of G_d out, should it be destroyed. I believe G_d is fine with it. It is as simple as that.

Jon Stewart didn’t retired……..he was force to retired by the elite that managed the big media TV. He was starting to annoy the 1% with his comments, so was time to tell him to get lost, like many others before him……Dylan Ratigan, etc

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